The Post-Communist Transition for Dummies Episode 1

Russia says the post-communist transition was a national tragedy. Unique hardship. Humiliation. All because of the West. That’s a lie. It is the Grand Pro-Putin Narrative (GPPN).

The great dictatorial and revanchist powers, Russia and China, are working hard to discredit the post-communist transition in Eastern Europe, which must be presented as a failure. Or, at any rate, as a colonialist project of the West. Heavy investment is being made in rewriting history, in propaganda that promotes "nostalgia" for a supposedly golden past, or in exaggerating the shortcomings of the new democracies. It is all part of a broader project to undermine the liberal international order with a view to returning to collectivist and authoritarian arrangements.

The Republic of Moldova and Romania, for which 2025 is an election year, are being systematically bombarded with such propaganda. It is intended to discredit the institutions built after 1990 and to mock the transition to democracy. There are several flagship narratives on which this propaganda effort is based. Today, the first episode of our series which debunks the major themes of Russian-Chinese propaganda: The Great Pro-Putin Narrative (GPPN).

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